Finance Assistant - London, United Kingdom - LACE Partners

Description

Finance Assistant
We are looking for a Finance Assistant. In this role you will be reporting to the Finance Manager.

The main purpose of the role is the maintenance of financial records and processing income and expenditure, expenses and monthly collation of time tracking and invoices to clients.

Dealing with individual project financials and undertaking a range of financial reporting and administrative tasks as well as processing of month end support which is vital to role.

The role operates in a team environment and will be expected to work in a collaborative way with the Exec and other members of staff.

About LACE:

We are a full-service consultancy for HR professionals and advise clients on everything from vision to implementation, spanning strategy, operating model, HR systems and payroll transformation.

At LACE Partners, we consider ourselves a family; we have fun together and foster a culture of collaboration.

We are innovative, passionate and take pride in HR, and actively care for one another and embrace what makes us individuals.

We are a business that not only prides ourselves on our expertise but our ability to build long term relationships, not only with our clients and our delivery partners, but also with our network of LACE employees and associates who we affectionately refer to as 'LACErs'.

We are delighted to be recognised as a 'Great Place to Work' for two years running and and our commitment to making it an inclusive and enjoyable environment for every member of our team is hugely important to us as a business.

Come and join us at LACE Partners and work in a place that we think you'll find amazing with amazing people.

A fundamentally different place to work.


Essential requirements:

• Proven experience as a finance administer/assistant or similar role
• Good general accounting experience, with sound debit and credit comprehension, VAT knowledge and reconciliation experience.
• Handson experience with accounting software (XERO expert)
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel (creating spreadsheets, charts and using financial Excel functions)
• Good understanding of bookkeeping procedures
• Time management and organisational skills

Desirable:

• Handson experience in a small/medium organisation desirable
• Experience of working remotely
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Accounting Technician Qualification (AATQ)

Accountabilities:

• Manage accounts receivable and payable
• Support month end process reconciliation, invoicing clients etc
• Review and process expenses (Associates and employees)
• Previous knowledge of VAT needed
• Maintain reports using company software
• Assist in the logging and payment of invoices
• Help maintain client project spreadsheets
• Perform routine calculations to produce analyses and reports as requested by the finance manager
• Create, send, and follow up on invoices
• Collect and enter data for various financial spreadsheets
• Review and audit financial statements and reports as directed by finance manager, ensure all calculations and data entries are correct
• Reconcile any discrepancies or errors identified by conversing with employees and/or clients
• Assist the financial manager in creating financial reports/KPIs on a monthly basis
• Support payroll submission as required
• Support the management of Company Insurances
• Adhere to the company's or organisation's financial policies and procedures
• Answers question and provide assistance to Exec, team members, and clients as needed
• Attend finance department and companywide meetings, sometimes assisting with financial reporting to managers and senior executives
• Suggest changes or improvements to increase accuracy, efficiency, and cost reductions.
• Report any troubling discoveries or suspicion of wrongdoing to the proper authorities

What's in it for you?

• Flexibility and variety of work
• An innovative and lively culture we all work closely together and that helps innovation and sharing of ideas as well as taking the team on regular social activities
• The opportunity to pursue your personal interests through our communities and CSR team. We care as much about our team as we do the world and society around us we've raised over £4000 and all donations made during our campaigns are matched by LACE
• In addition to a competitive basic salary, we also offer benefits such as 30 days' holiday per year, subsidised private medical insurance and life insurance, subsidised gym membership, pension and bike to work scheme

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent, Fixed term contract, Temp to perm

Contract length: 6 months


Salary:
£26,000.00-£30,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flexitime
• Gym membership
• Life insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• London: reliably c